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. >> running the pentagon is a hard job. it is one of the largest workforces in the world. there are strong centers of p power in that building. none of that has been litigated at all. i know they talked to al jazeera once. do i care if he is running the pentagon, as far as i can tell no one has done much in congress to sort that out. >>. >> that is not the person who takes the orders from the white house or decides what our relationship is with a foreign country. that is what they made the hearing about. even their fixation about benghazi is located in state. that has nothing to do with this job either. i totally agree. i liked the fact that he was an enlisted man and i fought in vietnam. it hasn't been about him at all. >> thank you both for joining me tonight. >> i will be joined ip rebuttal by someone who is on the nra's enemy's list. in the rewrite tonight. if there was no such thing as democrats. if republicans ruled the world would theyer are raise taxes? >> well there is a place where democrats don't exist and republicans today voted to raise taxes big time and that
. >> running the pentagon is a hard job. it is one of the largest workforces in the world. there are strong centers of p power in that building. none of that has been litigated at all. i know they talked to al jazeera once. do i care if he is running the pentagon, as far as i can tell no one has done much in congress to sort that out. >>. >> that is not the person who takes the orders from the white house or decides what our relationship is with a foreign country. that is what...
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. >> the senate has just now joined the house, voting to approve the pentagon paying death benefits during the shutdown despite the lack of appropriations. now, will the president sign that legislation? >> well, when did they all know about the benefits freeze? you won't believe what the pentagon had warned days before the shutdown. >>> good day, i'm andrea michelle in washington where speaker boehner is expected to walk into the white house this afternoon with a short-term solution to avoid defaulting on our national debt. but we are still nowhere near a solution to opening the federal government. texas congressman chairs the committee and will be at the white house meeting. thank you, congressman for joining us, mr. chairman, is this a good solution getting around the debt ceiling problem on a short-term basis but leaving the government closed? >> well, what house republicans have asked after putting one offer on the table, two offers on the table, three offers on the table, four offers on the table. i mean, we're not through negotiating, we're just kind of through negotiating with ourse
. >> the senate has just now joined the house, voting to approve the pentagon paying death benefits during the shutdown despite the lack of appropriations. now, will the president sign that legislation? >> well, when did they all know about the benefits freeze? you won't believe what the pentagon had warned days before the shutdown. >>> good day, i'm andrea michelle in washington where speaker boehner is expected to walk into the white house this afternoon with a short-term...
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and later the pentagon lifts a ban on women in combat and the righties are all up in arms about that. goldie taylor will join me and we'll get her take. don't forget you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127. share your thoughts with us on facebook and twitter using the #edshow and we are coming right back. >>> welcome back. they attempted to bully secretary of state clinton yesterday. they were back at it again today. senators mccain, johnson, and paul are ignoring the truth about the attack on benghazi so they can advance their right-wing agenda. secretary of state hillary clinton smacked down tea party senator ron johnson yesterday. johnson blundered again at senator john kerry's confirmation hearing today. >> you work with me then on an ongoing basis so we can get that behind us so we can find out what actually happened. >> senator, in all fairness, i think we do know what happened. i think that it is very clear. were you at the briefing with the tapes? >> no. >> well, there was a briefing with tapes which we all saw, those of us who went to it, which made it
and later the pentagon lifts a ban on women in combat and the righties are all up in arms about that. goldie taylor will join me and we'll get her take. don't forget you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127. share your thoughts with us on facebook and twitter using the #edshow and we are coming right back. >>> welcome back. they attempted to bully secretary of state clinton yesterday. they were back at it again today. senators mccain, johnson, and paul are...
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and later the pentagon lifts a ban on women in combat and the righties are all up in arms about that. goldie taylor will join me and we'll get her take. don't forget you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127. share your thoughts with us on facebook and twitter using the #edshow and we are coming right back. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. >>> welcome back. they attempted to bully secretary of state clinton yesterday. they were back at it again today. senators mccain, johnson, and paul are ignoring the truth about the attack on benghazi so they can advance their rig
and later the pentagon lifts a ban on women in combat and the righties are all up in arms about that. goldie taylor will join me and we'll get her take. don't forget you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127. share your thoughts with us on facebook and twitter using the #edshow and we are coming right back. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep....
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we are never again going to get to cut the pentagon back. the pentagon hasn't had any significant cuts for 30 years. >> josh green, is that the political equivalent of a liger, a lion and tiger combined to make an animal we have never seen before. rand paul and howard dean agreeing that the sequester should go through because, hey, defense -- >> hadn't occurred to me in quite those terms, but, yes, i suppose it could be a liger. >> there have always been contingent of liberal democrats that have wanted to go after the pentagon because its budget has grown enormously since 9/11. what you haven't had is a kind of republican analog. there have been a few people here, walter jones, congressman in north carolina, ron paul, in fact, was a big advocate of this, but only in the last couple of years, and really only in the last 18 months since the sequester cuts have loomed have you seen this tension between small government anti-tax republicans and pro-defense republicans. it's really a sort of tug-of-war between their two interests. traditionally t
we are never again going to get to cut the pentagon back. the pentagon hasn't had any significant cuts for 30 years. >> josh green, is that the political equivalent of a liger, a lion and tiger combined to make an animal we have never seen before. rand paul and howard dean agreeing that the sequester should go through because, hey, defense -- >> hadn't occurred to me in quite those terms, but, yes, i suppose it could be a liger. >> there have always been contingent of liberal...
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so i do sense difference and my wife works at the pentagon. there is concern about that. >> there's an interesting parallel, chris, that david just reminded me of, that the longer these get delayed, whether it's a sequester or nomination of chuck hagel, that's more time for people who are opposed to what's going on to get ads out there, to lobby. it just make it is more complicated, doesn't it? >> absolutely. and it makes it it more expensive, chris. if you go down the road, it's not just that they have to fix going forward. they have to then retroactively avoid the cuts that will take effect march 1st. it gets more expensive. when i talk to republican senators, they say mitch mcconnell is in no mood to be the closer again. there's no sense that they are going to bend on these demands for more cuts without more tax revenue and they are signaling that very clearly. of course, it's easy to signal that early on in the fight. but the republicans are working closely across the congress, from the house to the senate, to make sure that their message
so i do sense difference and my wife works at the pentagon. there is concern about that. >> there's an interesting parallel, chris, that david just reminded me of, that the longer these get delayed, whether it's a sequester or nomination of chuck hagel, that's more time for people who are opposed to what's going on to get ads out there, to lobby. it just make it is more complicated, doesn't it? >> absolutely. and it makes it it more expensive, chris. if you go down the road, it's...
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the pentagon is a huge bureaucracy. they don't change easily or quickly. and i think that what you see here is a political system meeting a big system in the military that has had tradition stretching back for hundreds of years. i think the senate armed services committee in a bipartisan way is very, very fed up with all these sexual assaults and they said enough is enough and i don't think that the joint chiefs have had a particularly good answer and i don't think they have the trust and the ability to really handle this situation. >> yeah, the problem is a lot of people are saying enough's enough, but they don't seem to really want to make a significant change and senator champion blis for example called on the military to do more to stop sexual assaults, but then listen to what he went on to say. >> the young folks that are coming into each of your services are anywhere from 17 to 22 or 3. gee, whiz, the level of the, the hormone level created by nature, sets in place the possibility for these types of things to occur. >> that is absolutely ridiculous.
the pentagon is a huge bureaucracy. they don't change easily or quickly. and i think that what you see here is a political system meeting a big system in the military that has had tradition stretching back for hundreds of years. i think the senate armed services committee in a bipartisan way is very, very fed up with all these sexual assaults and they said enough is enough and i don't think that the joint chiefs have had a particularly good answer and i don't think they have the trust and the...
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november 2012, the top lawyer at the pentagon, jeh johnson goes to england to give a speech in which he makes the case everything the administration has been doing is legal under the laws of war, but he says this war cannot last forever. it has to end. now today, last in a long series, we get the culmination. we get the president, himself, stating that, yeah, the war's got to end. war cannot be forever or it's not war anymore. it's something else. >> our commitment to constitutional principles has weathered every war. and every war has come to an end. we must define the nature and scope of this struggle or else it will define us. we have to be mindful of madison's warning that no nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. we must define our effort not as a boundless global war on terror, but rather as a series of persistent targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten america. a perpetual war through drones or special forces or troop deployments will prove self-defeating. and all to our country in troubling ways. our sy
november 2012, the top lawyer at the pentagon, jeh johnson goes to england to give a speech in which he makes the case everything the administration has been doing is legal under the laws of war, but he says this war cannot last forever. it has to end. now today, last in a long series, we get the culmination. we get the president, himself, stating that, yeah, the war's got to end. war cannot be forever or it's not war anymore. it's something else. >> our commitment to constitutional...
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. >> this is, i believe, my final press conference here at the pentagon briefing room. there are moments when i thought i was part of the last act of an italian opera. you're not sure exactly when it would end, and when the fat lady would sing. >> for now the only certainty is much more congressional uncertainty. joy, does leon panetta need a shirt that says "i survived a chuck hagel filibuster and all i got was this lousy t-shirt?" just when he thinks it can't get worse, it's actually seemingly gotten worse. >> this is insane. i mean, last night i went through, and i was looking at the george w. bush cabinet nominations. none of which were filibustered. just for fun. just because i knew we were talking about it. his second term cabinet nominations, the majority went through by voice vote. they didn't even bother to take a poll of the senate. people like michael mukaze sailed through and alberto gonzalez, who went to the bedside of john ashcroft when he was the chief guy to demand that this sick man, this man who was on his bed barely lucid sign off on wiarrantless wire
. >> this is, i believe, my final press conference here at the pentagon briefing room. there are moments when i thought i was part of the last act of an italian opera. you're not sure exactly when it would end, and when the fat lady would sing. >> for now the only certainty is much more congressional uncertainty. joy, does leon panetta need a shirt that says "i survived a chuck hagel filibuster and all i got was this lousy t-shirt?" just when he thinks it can't get worse,...
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do i care if chuck hagel is running the pentagon? as far as i can tell, no one has done much in congress to sort of sort that out. >> and the one thing that job, is a policymaker. that is not the person who decides whether we go to war but takes the orders from the white house about how to implement it. that is not the person who decides what our relationship is with any other foreign country. those issues belong in other jobs. that's what they made the whole hearing about. >> no, absolutely. and even their fixation on benghazi is located in state. they went after hillary clinton -- >> 100%. >> that has nothing to do with this job either. at the end of the day i started out says, confirm chuck hagel. he was an enlisted man, fought in vietnam. i'm saying, i don't know why i support him because it hasn't been about him at all. >> joy reed and chris hayes. thank you for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, wane lapierre, i'll be joined in rebuttal, by someone who is on the nra's enemy list. >>> and in the "rewrite tonight" if there was no
do i care if chuck hagel is running the pentagon? as far as i can tell, no one has done much in congress to sort of sort that out. >> and the one thing that job, is a policymaker. that is not the person who decides whether we go to war but takes the orders from the white house about how to implement it. that is not the person who decides what our relationship is with any other foreign country. those issues belong in other jobs. that's what they made the whole hearing about. >> no,...
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the former secretary of state was at an awards ceremony at the pentagon this morning with outgoing defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs dempsey. marks the first time we've seen hillary rodham clinton healthing since she left office and the first time since her accident that she has not been seen wearing those corrective glasses. back at the state department just moments ago the new secretary of state john kerry appeared with united nations secretary general ban ki moon, spoke about this week's nuclear test in north korea. kerry saying that it marks a clear threat to peace and security in the world. >> this week's test was an enormously provocative act that warrants a strong and swift and a credible response from the global community. >> keep hearing that word over and over. provocative. we'll see where it goes from here. that's going to wrap things up for me. on the show tomorrow arizona congressman ron barber, tennessee congresswoman diane black, and on the power panel we have jackie, chris, and robert. don't go anywhere, though. "now with alex wagner" is coming up the next hou
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around the sequester and how the pentagon budget is going to proceed not only over this next year but over the next few years. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once chuck hagel's in charge after they made him go through this? >> well, if the president thought that by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening. chuck hagel is not going to have relationships with the people who have just humiliated him to this degree. secondly, he was weak eened by s own poor performance. and whether he was playing rope-a-dope and this was a deliberate tactic, as they say, to not pick a fight and get into an argument in a public forum with john mccain and the others on the committee that he would then have to work with, he didn't fight back enough claire mccaskill and other democrats, claire you saw on our show and others saying look, he clearly is better at asking questions than answering questions but still came strongly t
around the sequester and how the pentagon budget is going to proceed not only over this next year but over the next few years. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once chuck hagel's in charge after they made him go through this? >> well, if the president thought that by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening....
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ten years ago, the pentagon drone arsenal as you pointed out, 50. thousand 7,500. >> it's a complete transformation. and you can see why. i mean, dreens are incredibly powerful. they provide an instantaneous response. they gather their own surveillance, information. and they're very cheap. they cost less than a conventional aircraft. >> and so that would make for logic in use but as you pointed out, our ability to understand how legally and ethically to use them, we have talked about other countries, for example, and what if it's turned on us? those are the questions that you pose in this in addition to domestically, there are law enforcement agencies, you told me in the break about a dozen. and brings up your rights as a citizen of this country. >> i find it interesting that the technology so disruptive in the battle space, we are still in all kinds of moral quandaries of how to use them, where to use it, what does it mean? now bringing them back home. giving them to law enforcement and also to private industry. >> such as? private industry? >> hol
ten years ago, the pentagon drone arsenal as you pointed out, 50. thousand 7,500. >> it's a complete transformation. and you can see why. i mean, dreens are incredibly powerful. they provide an instantaneous response. they gather their own surveillance, information. and they're very cheap. they cost less than a conventional aircraft. >> and so that would make for logic in use but as you pointed out, our ability to understand how legally and ethically to use them, we have talked...
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the pentagon said as recently as this weekend that that would be what would happen in the event of a shut down. today congress did pass a bill to ensure that serviceman and service women will get paid as most civilian personnel will not get paid. well, president obama signed that bill on military pay just hours ahead of the med night shut down tonight. and now, just moments ago, this is just in, the white house has released this message from president obama that is a message from president obama as commander in chief, directly to the troops. it is a video message, and here it is in full. >> hi, everybody. as president, and as your commander in chief, i've worked to make sure you have the strategy, the resources and the support you need to complete the missions our nation asks of you. and every time you've met your responsibilities and performed with extraordinary professionalism, skill, and courage. unfortunately, congress has not fulfilled its responsibility. it's failed to pass a budget. and as a result, much of our government must now shut down until congress funds it again. secre
the pentagon said as recently as this weekend that that would be what would happen in the event of a shut down. today congress did pass a bill to ensure that serviceman and service women will get paid as most civilian personnel will not get paid. well, president obama signed that bill on military pay just hours ahead of the med night shut down tonight. and now, just moments ago, this is just in, the white house has released this message from president obama that is a message from president...
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the way, quite frankly, the pentagon, spending cuts dealt with the pentagon, nobody in their right mind would think that's the best way to do this. at the same time i look at the landscape and think to myself, in order to get some relief from all of this, democrat and republican, you've got to have people that sit at the table and are willing to put in a little on each side noed to lessen the overall sequestration burden. my question is just this whole exercise is not made sitting at that table any easier. in fact, it's probably elevated, the choruses on both sides, the hard base chorus on each side which ultimately will make it harder to find that solution in the center from both sides. >> a constructive role here and come in and try to ease that path by bringing democrats along to that place. >> absolutely. i think that's probably the role he has to play. >> perhaps that's what he'll be doing this afternoon. is it any wonder john boehner is retiring to speaker's corner with chinese and cigarettes, i'd go there, too. >> not necessarily that order. >> we have to take a quick break but w
the way, quite frankly, the pentagon, spending cuts dealt with the pentagon, nobody in their right mind would think that's the best way to do this. at the same time i look at the landscape and think to myself, in order to get some relief from all of this, democrat and republican, you've got to have people that sit at the table and are willing to put in a little on each side noed to lessen the overall sequestration burden. my question is just this whole exercise is not made sitting at that table...
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the pentagon said that that would be what would happen in the event of a shutdown, and today congress did pass a bill to insure that servicemen and women will get paid even though as most personnel will not get paid. president obama signed that bill on military pay just hours ahead of the midnight shutdown tonight, and now just moments ago, this is just in, the white house released this message from president obama that is a message from president obama as commander in chief directly to the troops, and it's a video message, and here sit in full. >> hi, everybody. as president and as your commander in chief, i have worked to make sure you have the strategy and the resources and the support you need to complete the missions our nation asks of you, and every time you have met your responsibilities and performed with extraordinary professionalism still and courage. unfortunately, congress has not fulfilled its responsibility. it has failed to pass a budget and as a result much of our government must now shut down until congress funds it again. secretary hagel and general dempsey and your
the pentagon said that that would be what would happen in the event of a shutdown, and today congress did pass a bill to insure that servicemen and women will get paid even though as most personnel will not get paid. president obama signed that bill on military pay just hours ahead of the midnight shutdown tonight, and now just moments ago, this is just in, the white house released this message from president obama that is a message from president obama as commander in chief directly to the...
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. >> tanya, the big news is the pentagon changing the rules and saying it would allow women in combat going forward. i've heard and i have read some who have sort of said the facts on the ground already were sort of there, women were on the front line in a lot of ways. i wonder how much do you think this policy change will affect -- how will it affect women serving right now or just sort of a confirmation of how things already were? >> lifting the ban was certainly a confirmation of where the military was already headed. but this is quite significant. it's a historic moment because now women will be able to have many more job opportunities. if you look at the general officers rank in the military, 80% of generals come from the combat arms branches which up until now women have been banned from serving in. only 7% of women are general officers at the flag rank even though they make up almost 15% of the force. >> tanya, one of the unique challenges that you have talked about is the way that women are treated in the military and you said service women tend to be labeled with one of three
. >> tanya, the big news is the pentagon changing the rules and saying it would allow women in combat going forward. i've heard and i have read some who have sort of said the facts on the ground already were sort of there, women were on the front line in a lot of ways. i wonder how much do you think this policy change will affect -- how will it affect women serving right now or just sort of a confirmation of how things already were? >> lifting the ban was certainly a confirmation of...
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why did it take so long for the pentagon to recognize the true role of women in these combat positions? >> bureaucratic institutions change more slowly than almost anything else in the universe, slower than evolution, and it usually takes a great deal of leadership or some catastrophic event to change them. i think the irony is that the war we've been fighting for the last ten years which as you said, were casualties were the catalyst that changed everything because we decided we weren't going to put women in combat units and we were fighting in environments that there are no front lines and everybody realized that there was a difference. everybody's a target and the ban against women were women if combat all of the time. >> what are going to be some of the obstacles to put in this plan in place in the military? >> of course, there are always administrative and logistical decisions that will have to be made and that will take some time. women have to apply to be in combat units, and i think some combat units and most notably, special operations and organizations are probably going to h
why did it take so long for the pentagon to recognize the true role of women in these combat positions? >> bureaucratic institutions change more slowly than almost anything else in the universe, slower than evolution, and it usually takes a great deal of leadership or some catastrophic event to change them. i think the irony is that the war we've been fighting for the last ten years which as you said, were casualties were the catalyst that changed everything because we decided we weren't...
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you know there, have been tons of programs in the pentagon that the pentagon never wanted. that congresspeople have put in there. >> sure. howard dean, great to have you with us. always. >> thanks. >> appreciate it. wayne lapierre might be one of the greatest hucksters of all time. i'll show you what's behind his paranoia campaign next. tea party backers show a perverse sense of humor by creating a hillary clinton sex tape. david corn broke the story. he joins us on the panel tonight. stay with us. first kid you ready? [ female announcer ] second kid by their second kid, every mom is an expert and more likely to choose luvs. after thousands of diaper changes, they know what works. luvs lock away wetness better than huggies for a fraction of the cost live, learn, & get luvs. in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. tak
you know there, have been tons of programs in the pentagon that the pentagon never wanted. that congresspeople have put in there. >> sure. howard dean, great to have you with us. always. >> thanks. >> appreciate it. wayne lapierre might be one of the greatest hucksters of all time. i'll show you what's behind his paranoia campaign next. tea party backers show a perverse sense of humor by creating a hillary clinton sex tape. david corn broke the story. he joins us on the panel...
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and you know i'm qualified for this job to be the head of the pentagon, defense secretary. it was almost like he was stunned by it. your thoughts. >> i think you're right. i think it was very personal. i was stunned by it, too. especially the way mccain kept pursuing it and pursuing it. clearly, john wanted chuck to say yes, i was wrong and you were right. and of course the verdict of history, as hagel tried to say, is still out on that. and frankly, in my view as a soldier, the surge had almost nothing to do with the actual increase in american troops. what it had to do was the coincidence of a number of things that were already moving in iraq. not least of which was the awakening. and it had to do with very frankly a general by the name of david petraeus taking advantage of this in order to enhance his own reputation. and as far as i'm concerned, the increase in troops had nothing to do with the change in the situation in iraq except that it got a bunch of them killed, as senator hagel was careful to point out. >> and that is paralleling his opening comments, which you ta
and you know i'm qualified for this job to be the head of the pentagon, defense secretary. it was almost like he was stunned by it. your thoughts. >> i think you're right. i think it was very personal. i was stunned by it, too. especially the way mccain kept pursuing it and pursuing it. clearly, john wanted chuck to say yes, i was wrong and you were right. and of course the verdict of history, as hagel tried to say, is still out on that. and frankly, in my view as a soldier, the surge had...
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the pentagon was warning people. there are republican colleagues, duncan hunter and others, who say this is an overly narrow interpretation by the controller and the lawyers and the attorney general all the way up to the attorney general, according to the pentagon, that eric holder signed off on this. how can one lawyer say that this was not covered under the other legislation that was passed, the small legislation to fix shutdown problems, and how could the white house have not been aware? >> well, andrea, this is another situation where, you know, our republican colleagues vote to shut down the government. they keep the government shut down by refusing a full vote in the house and say they're shocked that there are these unintended consequences when the administration is trying to enforce the law of the government shutdown. again, the fastest way to remove all these problems would be to have that vote today and get it passed. every day you're going to find more and more unintended consequences. when you shut down t
the pentagon was warning people. there are republican colleagues, duncan hunter and others, who say this is an overly narrow interpretation by the controller and the lawyers and the attorney general all the way up to the attorney general, according to the pentagon, that eric holder signed off on this. how can one lawyer say that this was not covered under the other legislation that was passed, the small legislation to fix shutdown problems, and how could the white house have not been aware?...
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you know there, have been tons of programs in the pentagon that the pentagon never wanted. that congresspeople have put in there. >> sure. howard dean, great to have you with us. always. >> thanks. >> appreciate it. wayne lapierre might be one of the greatest hucksters of all time. i'll show you what's behind his paranoia campaign next. tea party backers show a perverse sense of humor by creating a hillary clinton sex tape. david corn broke the story. he joins us on the panel tonight. stay with us. ♪ you know my heart burns for you... ♪ i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. â
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. >> the pentagon would say you want to deal with the sequester. >> could they deal with the sequester in the debt ceiling negotiation, give defense more and spending more p that's a doable deal. >> bill crystal, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> and two men have been arrested following a bomb scare last night at one of florida's busiest airports, jacksonville international. the airport was shut down, terminals evacuated for nearly six hours because of two supposedly suspicious packages, one of which was destructive. one of the men arrested was stopped going through security when he told a screener he had a bomb hidden inside his backpack. he's been charged with manufacturing and possessing a fake bomb. a second man was stopped in an airport garage for acting suspiciously. he was charged with resisting arrest. authorities believe the two men were not working together. the airport reopened shortly before midnight, and it now has resumed normal flight schedules. before they sat down, one more time, just for themselves. before the last grandchild. before the first grandchild. smile. before
. >> the pentagon would say you want to deal with the sequester. >> could they deal with the sequester in the debt ceiling negotiation, give defense more and spending more p that's a doable deal. >> bill crystal, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> and two men have been arrested following a bomb scare last night at one of florida's busiest airports, jacksonville international. the airport was shut down, terminals evacuated for nearly six hours because of two...
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i'm going to talk with the first female african-american combat pilot about the pentagon's new plan to allow women on the front lines. >>> and then manti te'o sticking to his story that he's the victim of a cruel hoax. we hear from his so-called girlfriend for the very first time. the voice mails you need to hear to believe. jenna shared her recipe with sharon, who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson. the broth cooks trust most when making soup. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose. [ sighs ] thanks! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it
i'm going to talk with the first female african-american combat pilot about the pentagon's new plan to allow women on the front lines. >>> and then manti te'o sticking to his story that he's the victim of a cruel hoax. we hear from his so-called girlfriend for the very first time. the voice mails you need to hear to believe. jenna shared her recipe with sharon, who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe......
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hunter when he just wants to point across to the pentagon. we obey those law that say we defend, and if he had this question, why didn't he ask it before he voted for the law? where was his deed, not his intention of making sure that service members, of whom he served with, were taken care of properly? >> sir, if you'll stand by with me, we now have some of the testimony from secretary eric shinseki from moments ago. >> if the shutdown does not end in the coming weeks, va will not be able to assure delivery of 1 november checks to more than 5.18 million beneficiaries, including veterans who are 100% disabled, surviving spouses, eligible children orphaned by the death of their military or veteran parent. >> okay. so there we're getting the idea now the numbers, over five million beneficiaries are going to be out in the cold come november 1st. it doesn't seem like any of these dates are really getting the attention of people in washington, d.c., the number of days the shutdown is going on, whether or not the debt ceiling is looming on the 17th
hunter when he just wants to point across to the pentagon. we obey those law that say we defend, and if he had this question, why didn't he ask it before he voted for the law? where was his deed, not his intention of making sure that service members, of whom he served with, were taken care of properly? >> sir, if you'll stand by with me, we now have some of the testimony from secretary eric shinseki from moments ago. >> if the shutdown does not end in the coming weeks, va will not...
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right now at capitol hill, art tea talking about the impact of the budget cuts on the pentagon. in the senate they are expected to finally clear the way for confirmation vote to chuck hagel who will inherit this budget mess. janet napolitano, you see her on the right there, also speaking live at the brookings institution. and then just moments ago, we heard from a fired-up john boehner who blames the stalemate on the president and the senate. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have a move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> i'm joined by military analyst jack jacobs. good to see you. >> good morning. >> if lawmakers can't make this march 1st deadline, $43 billion or 8% will be slushed from the pentagon budget. they have used words like devastating, dire. are they right? how significant would this be? >> very serious indeed. these are across the board cuts. i mean, there's no intelligence or intelligent decisions made on what is going to be cut. so in addition to fact -- and there's plenty of fact -- you are goin
right now at capitol hill, art tea talking about the impact of the budget cuts on the pentagon. in the senate they are expected to finally clear the way for confirmation vote to chuck hagel who will inherit this budget mess. janet napolitano, you see her on the right there, also speaking live at the brookings institution. and then just moments ago, we heard from a fired-up john boehner who blames the stalemate on the president and the senate. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we...
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. >> there are actual troops in a war zone actually managed by a part of the government, the pentagon. active military personnel who don't know if they will get paid on time. right now there are people inside the pentagon taking their effort and talent and attention, diverting it toward executing a shutdown plan. there are some 800,000 workers who were unsure if they will be getting a paycheck in a week, all depending on how this ted cruz-inspired stunt ultimately plays out. >> it happens every three months and every three months they figure out how to cobble together something and then it's three months later on. >> tucking away as much money as possible. that's all you can do. >> a word for what those workers are talking about is uncertainty. the same type of uncertainty that the gop has been saying for years was killing the economy. >> everybody i talk to in the business world is plagued by the uncertainty and the uncertainty starts in washington. >> when you have so much uncertainty, uncertainty with the health care, uncertainty with the debt. >> there's so much uncertainty about
. >> there are actual troops in a war zone actually managed by a part of the government, the pentagon. active military personnel who don't know if they will get paid on time. right now there are people inside the pentagon taking their effort and talent and attention, diverting it toward executing a shutdown plan. there are some 800,000 workers who were unsure if they will be getting a paycheck in a week, all depending on how this ted cruz-inspired stunt ultimately plays out. >> it...
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. >>> well over another week before they consider chuck hagel to run the pentagon. democrats fell just shy of the votes needed to advance the process. something that president obama chalked up to partisan. >> somebody should get to 60 votes. only a handful of incident where there's be any kind of filibuster of anybody for a cabinet position in our history. and what seems to be happening, and this has been growing over time, is the republican minority in the senate seem to think that the rule now is, that you have to have 60 votes for everything. that's not the rule. it's just unfortunate that this kind of politics intrudes at a time when i'm still presiding over a war in afghanistan and i need a secretary of defense who's coordinating with our allies to make sure that our troops are getting the kind of strategy and mission they deserve. >> senate majority leader harry reid foos feels that the republicans are more concerned about their futures than what's best. >> nothing is going to change in the next ten days in the qualifications of chuck hagel. the ability to run
. >>> well over another week before they consider chuck hagel to run the pentagon. democrats fell just shy of the votes needed to advance the process. something that president obama chalked up to partisan. >> somebody should get to 60 votes. only a handful of incident where there's be any kind of filibuster of anybody for a cabinet position in our history. and what seems to be happening, and this has been growing over time, is the republican minority in the senate seem to think...
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johnson who served as the pentagon's top lawyer during president obama's term seems likely to be confirmed making him the fourth head of the dhs since the department was established in 2002. at dhs johnson will preside over a department with 240,000 employees. "the daily beast" which broke the news reports johnson a well-known and trusted figure in the obama white house was a central player in many of the administration's sensitive national security and terrorism policies including ramping up of drone program revival of military commissions for suspected terrorists and repeal of defense department's ban on gays serving openly in armed forces. president obama's counter-terrorism policy has lately come under heavy fire from critics who say it's a continuation of questionable policies of his predecessor george w. bush. while johnson has been heavily involved in shaping those policies, he's also been behind the president's recent calls for more transparency. in a speech back in march johnson argued, "in the absence of an official picture of what our government is doing, many in the public fill
johnson who served as the pentagon's top lawyer during president obama's term seems likely to be confirmed making him the fourth head of the dhs since the department was established in 2002. at dhs johnson will preside over a department with 240,000 employees. "the daily beast" which broke the news reports johnson a well-known and trusted figure in the obama white house was a central player in many of the administration's sensitive national security and terrorism policies including...
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again, hillary clinton receiving an award there at the pentagon just moments ago. we'll continue to watch that and we'll have more right after the break. tely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. >>> the ceo of the nra is outlining a new plan of action against gun control proposals in a new op-ed titled "stand and fight." wayne lapierre lays out his plan and explains his case for why owning a gun is not about
again, hillary clinton receiving an award there at the pentagon just moments ago. we'll continue to watch that and we'll have more right after the break. tely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps...
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hagel's appointment could threaten future relationships in the pentagon in his ability to do the job. >> if i were chuck hagel i'd go to the president and say do you still have confidence in me? do you think i could do the job. >> you would offer to potentially withdraw? >> you've got to if you think you're not going to be effective because of what's happened. >> the whole issue isn't getting confirmed. it's whether he'll have political capital as defense secretary to work with the congress and generals in a meaningful way. >>> coming up next, part of a one on one discussion i had with a man who has had just about every powerful position in washington other than the presidency, defense secretary leon panetta on his four decades in washington, the morality of drone strikes and advice he has for president obama. >>> plus the pack men, karl rove's new plan to pour cold water on the tea party and keep senate seats in the republican column. today's politics planner, as you can see, former president clinton will be speaking at ed koch's funeral, president obama is off to minneapolis and chr
hagel's appointment could threaten future relationships in the pentagon in his ability to do the job. >> if i were chuck hagel i'd go to the president and say do you still have confidence in me? do you think i could do the job. >> you would offer to potentially withdraw? >> you've got to if you think you're not going to be effective because of what's happened. >> the whole issue isn't getting confirmed. it's whether he'll have political capital as defense secretary to...
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>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best product placement of all-time, thanks to marco rubio so he didn't have a great night but i think poland springs had a great night. >> you have a point. susan, yours? >> the best week the no labels group because mostly they were able to get 40 people, democrats and republicans in congress to agree to fixing a problem, not fighting, and that's an accomplishment these days, just to even be able to get someone to wear the same pin. the worst week was the u.s. senate. i think that what we saw with the confirmation hearing and a lot of things it showed it's no long
>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best...
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a former car dealer whose road district stands to be hurt by the pentagon furloughs. the first republican to travel on air force one since may. virginia's republican devastating cuts telling the president and congress it's time to fix it now. mcdonnell will join us later this house. >>> the white house admitted monday no talks or phone calls scheduled this week between the president and congressional leaders. instead yesterday for the second thyme in a row the white house press briefing featured a cabinet secretary issuing dire sequester warnings. >> i don't think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester as without sequester. if you have 5,000 fewer border patrol agents, you have 5,000 fewer border patrol agents. >> also almost gleefully confirmed that therer with no meetings that were going to happen. mcconnell's spokesman said, no, there is no active negotiation from the white house. that would get in the way of the president's campaigning. there is fingerpointing, a ton of it. >> the only republicans in the entire c
a former car dealer whose road district stands to be hurt by the pentagon furloughs. the first republican to travel on air force one since may. virginia's republican devastating cuts telling the president and congress it's time to fix it now. mcdonnell will join us later this house. >>> the white house admitted monday no talks or phone calls scheduled this week between the president and congressional leaders. instead yesterday for the second thyme in a row the white house press...
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but the death benefits reported on this morning the pentagon is not sending out, the house republicans passed a bill authorizing and providing funds for paying death benefits to the families of servicemen killed in action. that will pass 430-0 in the house. does reid not take that up? a dynamic situation. >> neera, white house signaling they would take anything short term. have they given too much? >> look, i think it's reasonable to say we're going to take a clean cr. a lot of democrats and progressives are worried about what the next zboeshgs is like -- >> they don't like the idea of being locked into long negotiations. if they agree to that, baner is saying we're locked in a room for eight weeks. >> the issue is it needs to be clean for a period of time. and at the end of the day we have to have a big resolution. i think it's true that there's been some movement but the core debate here is that republicans have tried to jam the senate, house republicans have tried to jam the senate. that has been a failed strategy. the american people are rejecting that strategy and coming -- you kn
but the death benefits reported on this morning the pentagon is not sending out, the house republicans passed a bill authorizing and providing funds for paying death benefits to the families of servicemen killed in action. that will pass 430-0 in the house. does reid not take that up? a dynamic situation. >> neera, white house signaling they would take anything short term. have they given too much? >> look, i think it's reasonable to say we're going to take a clean cr. a lot of...
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that would be pentagon comptroller robert heale taking it in stride. he said when i walk down the hall, they still wave, but with fewer fingers. >>> that's it for "hardball." coming up next, "your business with j.j. ramberg." can replenis. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok. grandma? hi sweetie! she operates the head. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter.
that would be pentagon comptroller robert heale taking it in stride. he said when i walk down the hall, they still wave, but with fewer fingers. >>> that's it for "hardball." coming up next, "your business with j.j. ramberg." can replenis. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with...
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the pentagon is looking into whether the law that was passed last week to pay military might be interpreted to provide these benefits to the families of the fallen. >>> meantime, 7,000 children from low income families are getting a second chance at an education thanks to a pair of texas billionaire philanthropists. laura and john arnold are donating $10 million to help reopen head start programs across the country. in a statement today the arnolds said they believe it is especially unfair that young children from underprivileged communities and working families are paying the price for the shutdown. hey you should take advil. why? you can take four advil for all day relief. so i should give up my two aleve for more pills with advil? you're joking right? for my back pain, i want my aleve. [ male announcer ] let's go places. but let's be ready. ♪ let's do our homework. ♪ let's look out for each other. let's look both ways before crossing. ♪ let's remember what's important. let's be optimistic. but just in case -- let's be ready. toyota. let's go places, safely. but just in case -- let'
the pentagon is looking into whether the law that was passed last week to pay military might be interpreted to provide these benefits to the families of the fallen. >>> meantime, 7,000 children from low income families are getting a second chance at an education thanks to a pair of texas billionaire philanthropists. laura and john arnold are donating $10 million to help reopen head start programs across the country. in a statement today the arnolds said they believe it is especially...
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that would be pentagon comptroller robert hale taking it in stride. he said when i walk down the hall, they still wave, but with fewer fingers. and that's "hardball" for now. coming up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. and with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wallet? to prove febreze can keep this car fresh, we loaded it with fast food, sweaty hockey gear, and a smelly dog cage. and parked it at a mall. in texas. for two days. then put a febreze car vent clip on the dash and let in real people. it smells good. like laundry fresh out of like the dryer. yeah. a man fresh out of the shower. nailed it. oh yeah. proof. febreze car vent clips keep your car fresh. another way febreze helps you breathe happy.
that would be pentagon comptroller robert hale taking it in stride. he said when i walk down the hall, they still wave, but with fewer fingers. and that's "hardball" for now. coming up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. and with a few...
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i should just say i think it's $500 and $500 billion on domestic and pentagon side. either way, there's not been really anything even near a deal to deal with sequestration, partially because of how it actually got constructed in the first place. initially, the idea behind the sequestration was it was the backstop for the super committee, meant to be the thing that neither party could allow to happen, thus it would force them to come to a deal in the super committee. obviously, they have been able to allow it to happen enough that they didn't come to a deal in the super committee and now they can't seem to find anything they like better, because republicans wouldn't allow tax increases in it and as such, they gave democrats spending cuts that are very friendly to democratic priorities, medicaid is fully exempted, social security is protected, veterans benefits and pell grants are protected. nobody has a really great incentive to change it because nobody has anything that they really like that much better. >> does that mean, because this is what's gotten us here, a te
i should just say i think it's $500 and $500 billion on domestic and pentagon side. either way, there's not been really anything even near a deal to deal with sequestration, partially because of how it actually got constructed in the first place. initially, the idea behind the sequestration was it was the backstop for the super committee, meant to be the thing that neither party could allow to happen, thus it would force them to come to a deal in the super committee. obviously, they have been...
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apparently they're happy to take the whacks at the pentagon in the interest of cutting spending overall. who would have expected this? apparently the president didn't. and can the republicans get away with it? >>> republicans in two key states are up to something now. they're not giving up on schemes to rejigger the electoral college. they're out to help their candidates next time. republicans figure if they can't win in the system, they're just out to change it. they're flagrant about it. >>> last, the oscars is about all of us. america is back in a winning mood. >>> finally, in case you didn't realize it, michelle obama has got moves. ♪ that cross dresser there on the left, of course, is jimmy fallon. the first lady's evolution of mom dancing with jimmy fallon. that's tonight in the "sideshow." and this is "hardball," the place for politics. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes c
apparently they're happy to take the whacks at the pentagon in the interest of cutting spending overall. who would have expected this? apparently the president didn't. and can the republicans get away with it? >>> republicans in two key states are up to something now. they're not giving up on schemes to rejigger the electoral college. they're out to help their candidates next time. republicans figure if they can't win in the system, they're just out to change it. they're flagrant about...
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and now top pentagon officials are ordering a review of military policy. and there is a renewed push for mental health reform in congress. we'll talk to tucson shooting survivor turned member of congress ron barber. meanwhile on capitol hill, cruise control or controls. it's house republicans versus the senate conservatives as the tea party drive to defund the president's health care law hits speaker boehner against the texas senator named ted cruz. plus with the senate set to consider caroline kennedy, a look at the intersection between policy and how it compares. good morning, it's thursday, september 19th. we'll begin with more that we're learning about the red flags surrounding the alleged gun map aaron alexis and the days and weeks before monday's massacre at the washington navy yard.map aaron alexis and the days and weeks before monday's massacre at the washington navy yard. the investigation is complete on site. building 197 is mostly reopened. but the probe into alexis' background is just beginning. he sought help as recently as august. he visited
and now top pentagon officials are ordering a review of military policy. and there is a renewed push for mental health reform in congress. we'll talk to tucson shooting survivor turned member of congress ron barber. meanwhile on capitol hill, cruise control or controls. it's house republicans versus the senate conservatives as the tea party drive to defund the president's health care law hits speaker boehner against the texas senator named ted cruz. plus with the senate set to consider caroline...
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spending. $25 billion is coming out of the pentagon next year and they are already carping about the $50 billion that hit this year. so they think they need $50 billion back. they don't want to give up another 25. so you're right. democrats have a lot of leverage. that's what harry reid was saying recently. they feel like they have leverage. they can even get tacks out of this. >> i think i was arguing a counter-point. the idea, steve, of how much sway the tea party has at this point, i think the jury is still out. you have tom cole, who has been a moderate basically all along but forced at specific moments during the shutdown and after the fact to go along with fractious strategy than he would have preferred. i wonder just where the republican party will find its center. >> let me put an uncomfortable truth out there. it's not just the tea party driving this process. fiscal conservatives in the democratic party and republican party that look at the fact that fiscal solvency really matters to them, whether that's the right policy to pursue is a different question. i think they are lo
spending. $25 billion is coming out of the pentagon next year and they are already carping about the $50 billion that hit this year. so they think they need $50 billion back. they don't want to give up another 25. so you're right. democrats have a lot of leverage. that's what harry reid was saying recently. they feel like they have leverage. they can even get tacks out of this. >> i think i was arguing a counter-point. the idea, steve, of how much sway the tea party has at this point, i...
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. $43 billion would be gutted from the pentagon this year. this morning on "jansing & co.," decorated msnbc military analyst jack jacobs said that the cuts will hurt military readyingness. >> in addition to fact -- and there's plenty of fact -- you're also going to cut ammunition, fuel, repair parts for aircraft, flying hours, training time. >> and just moments ago, i had the opportunity to speak with navy secretary ray mabus who said this way of cutting is hurting our military. >> we just cannot run a military lurching from one crisis to another. we've got to have some certainty and i think the president has presented a very balanced plan that will require some compromise. >> joining me is lynn jenkins of kansas. congresswoman, it's great to have you with me. i understand you took part in the conference that was held at the top of the hour and at the same time democrats held their own briefing. congressman chris van hollen made quite an anolg about the cuts. take a listen. >> rearranging the cuts is like rearranging the jobs either way. >> w
. $43 billion would be gutted from the pentagon this year. this morning on "jansing & co.," decorated msnbc military analyst jack jacobs said that the cuts will hurt military readyingness. >> in addition to fact -- and there's plenty of fact -- you're also going to cut ammunition, fuel, repair parts for aircraft, flying hours, training time. >> and just moments ago, i had the opportunity to speak with navy secretary ray mabus who said this way of cutting is hurting our...